Re: [EXIM] address_file and user rights

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Author: Tabor J. Wells
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To: Marc Haber, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] address_file and user rights
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 06:25:21AM +0000,
Marc Haber <Marc.Haber-lists@???> is thought to have said:

> I have a mailing list that is to be used with majordomo.
> For archival purposes, I need every mail message written to
> a special file. I do not want that file to be a normal mailbox
> since that would offer a possibility for evil people to
> inject articles into the archive that never have seen the
> list.
>
> I have the alias file configured as follows:
>
> test-list-outgoing: :include:/var/spool/majordomo/lists/test-list,
> /home/wh/lists/test-list
>
> I want the rights to /home/wh/lists/test-list to be as restrictive
> as possible, but wh needs to be able to read the file.

[snip]

Maybe I'm missing something but I think you're making this more difficult
than it has to be. Why not use the archive2.pl script as included with
Majordomo, tie it to the outgoing alias like above, and then set
restrict_post in the Majordomo config file to be
test-list:test-list-digest (if you have a digest)?

Then any posts from anyone not on the list are bounced to the owner for
approval. And since the archiver is attached to the outgoing alias,
nothing gets sent unless it passes majordomo's checks.

Tabor

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Tabor J. Wells                                          twells@???
Shore.Net Systems Admin.     Just another victim of the ambient morality


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